Beautiful Games: velo art

Beautiful Games: velo art

Inspired by old photographs of the cyclist
Major Taylor, Eliza Southwood has created a range of screen-prints and digital illustrations which trace competitive cycling from the present day to its illustrious past. Grand Tours and track cycling are reduced to strong and simple representations, often using just four of five colours. 'I see everything through a kind of filter in terms of colour and line and wonder how it would look as an artwork,' she explains. Southwood was an architect before studying art, and takes inspiration from the likes of Lautrec and Hockney. Her art is on display in the new Look Mum No Hands! cafe in Hackney, London, and she has made the event posters for the Orbital Cycling Festival. To see more of her work,
check out her website.